Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh Chandigarh: Admissions to Punjab government de-addiction centres surged by 164% from 9,577 in 2024 to 25,290 in 2025, with over 14,000 more patients admitted by July 2026. Punjab health minister Dr Balbir Singh termed the rise a positive indicator of growing public willingness to seek formal medical help.Govt rehabilitation … Read more
Former Chittur MLA K Achuthan Palakkad: Senior Congress functionary and former Chittur MLA K Achuthan died at a private hospital in Alathur on Monday. He was 76. He had been undergoing treatment for age-related ailments. Achuthan represented Chittur in the Keralam assembly for four consecutive terms from 1996 to 2011. He is also the father … Read more
Indian parents came to the US for five months. An officer at the port of entry asked why they needed 5 months in the US while the father has a job in India. (Photo: AI) An NRI individual shared the questions their parents faced while entering the US, which also reduced their stay to only … Read more
Though the Bigg Boss Malayalam 8 launch had all the elements of an extravagant show, the icing on the cake was the crossover of four South Indian superstars. As the four different versions of Bigg Boss had their openings on the same day, for the first time in the history of the show, superstar hosts … Read more
Celia Hunter flew a war-surplus plane to Alaska in 1947 and built a wilderness life near Denali Celia Hunter spent the final evening of her life writing urgent letters to US politicians, asking them to oppose oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It brought an end to a 54-year campaign to protect Alaska’s … Read more
The UN has backed maps that show continents in their correct relative sizes, challenging the centuries-old Mercator projection. India supported the move but insisted that any map must accurately depict its territory, including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, in accordance with its official maps
The online indent system, which promises to minimise the manipulation of Tasmac supervisors and district managers to favour certain brands, was initially slated for Sept 1 launch Chennai: Yet another proposed reform in Tasmac has been delayed. The launch of the online indent system, which was supposed to be rolled out earlier this month, has … Read more
Two men stabbed in neck, one in face hours before West Indian Day Parade began. Three men were stabbed in Brooklyn early Monday, with one left in critical condition, before the West Indian American Day Parade and J’Ouvert Festival began in Crown Heights.The attack happened around 5:48 a.m. near Carroll Street and Utica Avenue in … Read more
When Pune resident Vidyanand Bapat began urging people to celebrate Ganeshotsav without DJs, loudspeakers and other amplified sound systems, he was taking up a cause that has proved unexpectedly contentious. A public celebration, he argues, should not dictate the volume of noise that everyone else must be forced to live with.The 37-year-old BPO employee, who … Read more
NAMAKKAL: Residents of Kolaram, Serukkalai, Lathuvadi and nearby villages protested outside Namakkal district collector’s office on Monday, demanding cancellation of permission granted to a private company to establish LPG bottling plant near Paramathi Velur.The villagers said the proposed site was close to govt schools, residential colonies, agricultural land, poultry farms and DTCP-approved housing plots. They … Read more